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Something terrible has happened in the snowbound village of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where 12 eerily identical houses stand dark and abandoned. Meals remain untouched on dining room tables, cars are still in garages, and the town's residents have vanished into thin air. This is the disturbing setting where vacationing medical examiner Maura Isles and her traveling companions find themselves trapped during a ferocious snowstorm. Thinking they've found a safe haven, they soon realize that they are not alone in the valley....someone is watching.

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I've always enjoyed Gerritsen's books and the characters of Maura Isles and Jane Rizzoli. But this story is so full of holes and completely bizarre behavior that I kept listening just to discover what inane twists Gerritsen would add next. Maura is just plain whiney for the first part of the book -- is she surprised that having an affair with a Catholic priest is a recipe for heartache? -- and then we have to listen to endlessly banal conversations as she goes on an ill-fated road trip with an irresponsible medical colleague and his dysfunctional friends. Worst part is that Maura -- who comes across as prisisy and priggish -- is always a step ahead of these people in terms of foreseeing problems, and yet she lets Dr. Doug, aka Peter Pan, lead the group into one disaster after another. There's a ridiculous case of a corpse being misidentified that would have lasted about 30 seconds if someone had actually bothered to check dental records BEFORE the funeral -- what kind of investigators are these people? After an impressive body count and a few false "solutions" to the crimes, the story ends with a reference to some unspoken clue that will affect one of the character's futures. Is it something we're supposed to remember from a previous book? Or is it a starting-off point for the next novel? Either way, it's the final frustration in a frustrating novel.

I think this was Tess's best, or at least the most entertaining book yet. There were some major problems with the story by todays technology. Maura would have done a dental exam and DNA test before declaring who a badly burned body belonged to. Putting that aside, I really enjoyed it. It ended with a real ending and yet left the story wide open for what is to come in the next book. Too many mystery/thriller writers lately have left stories just hanging. I highly recommend it and am looking forward to her next book in the series.

Let it be known that I was reading or listening to TG before she became famous for her TV show. This being the tenth book of TG that I have listened to I rank it in the upper middle. I have always been interested in the stories that TG tells. I am not normally a mystery reader, but Tess always throws in enough weird stuff to keep my interest.

This story has plenty of the unusual. I like the village that is hidden in the middle of nowhere and then the entire population just disappears. The story about the lost boys. The reference to off Mormon sects. As some one who grew up in the seventies, I remember the Moonies and James Jones and Waco. Some people may think this stuff is way out there and the rape of young girls does not happen today. I suggest you listen to Jon Krakauer's Banner Under Heaven. I thought the story got very intense when the group was stuck in the middle of nowhere and they had to decide if they should amputate the leg of one of the badly injured party. Can you imagine trying to make that decision?

I wish I would have read this book, before I did a speech in high school on if you should look before you leap. I think Tess does a good job of showing what happens when you live with a devil may care attitude.

There where parts of the story that where very weak. but it was not enough to keep me from enjoying the book.

The narrator was not so good. She had most of her characters speaking in a cadence, At the end of each sentence there would be a pause like a comedian giving one liners. I expected to hear laughter or a drum roll.

My favorite Gerrtisen books are, Life Support, Gravity, The Surgeon and The Apprentice.

I enjoyed the story after following the Rizzoli and Isles series closely (book and television series) but could not get into the narrator. She was ok at distinguishing characters but somewhat monotone or robotic.

I almost didn't listen to this after reading the reviews but I took a chance because I liked Tess Gerritsen's other books in this series. I was glad I did. I enjoyed listening to it and the narrator was good as well.
I am not going to put much stock in bad reviews on audible from now on.

Just OK. I was not all that entertained by this one. I finished it, but I was also able to put it down several times. There was just something missing and it was kind of bland. I actually skipped a chapter here and there not missing anything important. narration was pretty good.

Any enjoyment that I may have derived from the weak storyline was completely overshadowed by the stunningly poor performance of Tanya Eby. If you have not listened to any of Gerritsen's other novels, then you may not know the difference, but Anna Fields, Susan Denaker, and Kathe Mazur were sorely missed.

This is one of those books that captured my attention and carried me along unable to stop returning to the recording until I reached the end; and then I felt sorry that the story was over as I'd felt so involved with the plight of forensic pathologist Maura Isles and the quest to find her by her police-woman friend, Jane Rizzoli. It's a great listen with surprising twists and turns necessary to any good thriller. The reader is excellent.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

R

maghera, United Kingdom

8/9/10

Overall

"brilliant listen"

this was a great listen and it was the type of thriller i love.It has everything suspense and a gripping storyline.Highly recommended

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

barbara

KINGSTON UPON THAMES, United Kingdom

7/22/15

Overall

Performance

Story

"Books are so much better than the TV series"

What did you like most about Ice Cold?

I couldn't put it down, listened to it in one session.

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed the location

Which character – as performed by Tanya Eby – was your favourite?

Maura of course

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, I enjoyed listening to the different and complicated relationships unfolding...

Any additional comments?

I was put off this author initially as I hated the TV series with its impossibly glamorous and thoroughly unrealistic duo. The characters in the books are far more complex and dark and the bond between them is so well developed. Promptly bought more in the series as soon as I had finished this one

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Crackdown

UK

10/3/13

Overall

Performance

Story

"One of my favourite Rizzoli and Isles books."

Any of the Rizzoli and Isles books get top marks in my view, and this is another good job by the author. I also think Lorelei King is one of the best narrators out there. Top marks for her as well.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

maureen

Orpington, United Kingdom

12/23/12

Overall

"Ice Cold"

Tanya Eby is a great story teller and the book had me gripped from the moment I started to listen to it. I have read some of Tess Gerritsen books previously, but I will be definitely be looking out for more by this author to listen to.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Christine

sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

11/3/10

Overall

"Ice Cold - good thriller"

This one was a slow start for me and it took me a couple of hours listening to really get into, but once there, the plot quickened and I enjoyed the twists and turns. Not the best tess gerritsen I have come across, but a good thriller and worth investing some time on.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Amazon Customer

5/13/17

Overall

Performance

Story

"Awful, awful, awful."

Would you try another book written by Tess Gerritsen or narrated by Tanya Eby?

I love Tess Geritson and was looking forward to listening to this book. Unfortunately the narration was so bad I didn't listen beyond a few paragraphs. So disappointingly robotic I thought at first I had the speed setting wrong on the audio. To me I felt that the narrator didn't want to be there and was simply reading out loud as fast as possible in order to get the chore done.

Would you ever listen to anything by Tess Gerritsen again?

Yes but only with a different narrator

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Tanya Eby?

Anyone!

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment huge disappointment.

Any additional comments?

I'm going to have to buy the book and read it myself.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Mandy Dockery

1/1/17

Overall

"Twists and Turns!"

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, at times I was horrified, and then shocked by the Storyline, be warned its gruesome in places! It has more twists and turns than a professional dancer and even at the end I could not foresee the outcome. It is a lenghly book, and to keep me rivited from Chapter One is a true feat of talent by the Author and Narrator. I would highly reccomend this book but not for the faint hearted.

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

Fiona Keates

PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom

8/13/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"awful"

hmmm, dont think the audio version of Tess gerritsens work actually works. the narrater is BL**dy awful - at first I thought it was a computer generated voice, I'm still not certain it was a real person.

i found it difficult to follow the story, still don't know what happened, but not prepared to listen again to find out.

save you money

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

elisabeth

7/17/16

Overall

Performance

Story

"Repeat performance"

Yet again another riveting novel from Tess Gerritsen .I could not put it down until the end .

0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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